DFS4620E DEDB ALTER VALIDATION ERROR: Cause

Explanation

The DEDB Alter utility detected an invalid condition in the DEDB DBD member in the staging ACB library for the DEDB database to be altered.

In the message text, Cause is one of the following conditions:

  • DEDB ALTER REQUIRES A 2-STAGE RANDOMIZER
  • SAME RANDOMIZER NAME BUT ATTRIBUTE CHANGE
  • SAME RANDOMIZER NAME FOUND FOR REPLRAND
  • ALTERAREA ONLY SUPPORTS CHANGING ONE AREA
  • AREA CHANGE FOUND FOR REPLRAND FUNCTION
  • NUMBER OF AREAS IN DEDB CHANGE FOUND
  • ORDER OF AREAS IN DEDB CHANGE FOUND
  • AREA ATTRIBUTE CHANGE NOT SUPPORTED
  • FIELD ATTRIBUTE CHANGE NOT SUPPORTED
  • SECONDARY INDEX CHANGE NOT SUPPORTED
  • SEGM ATTRIBUTE CHANGE NOT SUPPORTED
  • ATTRIBUTE CHANGE NOT SUPPORTED
  • STAGING ACBLIB IS EMPTY
  • AREA area_name DOES NOT EXIST
  • DEDB dedb_name MEMBER NOT IN STAGING ACBLIB
  • DEDB dedbname MEMBER NOT IN STAGING DIRECTORY
  • SHADOW AREA SDEP PART IS LESS FOR ALTERAREA FUNCTION
  • SHADOW RANDOMIZER IS NOT REENTRANT
  • SEGMENT EDIT/COMPRESSION EXIT NOT SUPPORTED
  • INCONSISTENCY FOUND IN DEDB AND RECON DEFINITIONS
  • ADDED AREAS ARE NOT TO THE END OF DEDB dedbname

System action

The DEDB Alter utility terminates without completing the requested function.

System programmer response

Correct the error in the DEDB DBD definition, rerun the DBDGEN utility and the ACBGEN utility to the staging ACB library, and then rerun the DEDB Alter utility.

Module

DBFDASP0